“英雄主义”与时代个体的救赎之路——评麦家新作《人生海海》

“Heroism”and the Redemption Way of Era Individuals——Comment on Mai Jia’s New Book A Wavy Life

麦家新作《人生海海》借"我"之"眼"讲述传奇故事,对乡村、城市革新与中国革命进行批判式审视,并将英雄主义消解为对人生、命运与生活的反思,对自由、尊严、高贵的人生价值的向往。通过追溯熔铸于作品中的思想,剖析时代与生活、生活与个体、个体与人性之间的关联,发现暗藏其中的人性善恶和崇高信仰,探求在时代的重担和生活的冷峻下,个体如何探寻自我价值,如何走上对生活与自我的宽恕之路。

Mai Jia’s new book A Wavy Life tells the legendary story through my eyes,critically reviewing rurual,urban innovation and the Chinese revolution.The story dissolves heroism into reflection on life,destiny and livelihood as well as the longing for a life value of freedom,nobility and dignity.Through backtracking the ideas cast in the story,it is analyzed that the connection between era and life,life and individual,individual and humanity while the hidden good and evil in human nature and lofty beliefs are discovered,so that the issues can be studied of how individuals,under the circumstances of heavy burdens of the time and coldness of life,can explore their self-esteem and embark on the road of forgiveness for lives and themselves.